Sentences with phrase «loss leads to blindness»

As RPEs help to maintain and support adjacent photoreceptor cells which capture light, their loss leads to blindness.

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The hemorrhaging was causing loss of vision and would eventually lead to blindness.

Though this research focused on the form of the disease called Leber congenital amaurosis 2, or LCA2, the scientists and engineers involved in the study believe the technology holds promise for other forms of LCA as well as other inherited diseases that lead to severe vision loss or blindness.

A case in point: the new gene therapy for Leber congenital amaurosis, the eye disorder that causes progressive loss of vision, usually leading to complete blindness by age 40.

While diabetics can keep their glucose metabolism under general control by injecting insulin multiple times a day, that does not provide the kind of exquisite fine tuning necessary to properly control metabolism, and that lack of control leads to devastating complications from blindness to loss of limbs.

The number with vision loss from high myopia is expected to increase seven-fold from 2000 to 2050, with myopia to become a leading cause of permanent blindness worldwide.

There may be a connection between taking vasodilators and developing early - stage age - related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of vision loss and blindness among Americans who are age 65 and older, according to a study published online in Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Loss of, or diminished, retinal DHA leads to visual impairment and may play an important role in the development of blindness from retinitis pigmentosa and other retinal degenerative diseases, as well as age - related macular degeneration (AMD), the foremost cause of blindness in people older than 50 years.

Age - related macular degeneration, a disease that slowly degrades light - sensitive cells in the retina, is the leading cause of vision loss and blindness among people 65 and older, according to the Centers for Disease Control...

Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) is a rare maternally inherited mitochondrial genetic disease, characterized by the degeneration of retinal ganglion cells that results in brutal and irreversible vision loss that can lead to legal blindness, and mainly affects adolescents and young adults.

This could lead to a powerful regenerative approach to treat not only heart failure, but also brain damage, diabetes, hearing loss, and blindness.

Glaucoma is a group of diseases which can result in damage of the optic nerve and may lead to loss of vision and blindness.

For this reason, goji berries are said to help prevent age - related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of vision loss and blindness in people over the age of 65.

This disease can lead to heart attack, stroke, blindness, loss of a limp due to infection, and kidney disease!

Since pets lead generally sheltered lives and don't rely on reading the fine print of life, gradual loss of vision may be so unapparent to owners that only once it progresses to total blindness do they become aware.

Complications of severe disease can lead to vision loss, although this disorder only rarely threatens total blindness.

Even though CEA often leads to blindness, most dogs adapt reasonably well to their loss of vision.

Amino acid deficiencies can lead to serious feline health problems, including blindness, hearing loss, reproductive failure, and congenital defects.

According to Dr. Petersen - Jones, «PRA is the name given to a group of inherited conditions that result in a progressive loss of vision leading to blindness.

These may lead to blindness or loss of the eye.

ROP is the most common cause of visual loss in children and it can lead to permanent vision impairment and blindness.

Failure to do this can lead to complications that go so far as blindness, heart problems, kidney disease, and the loss of vital limbs.